You can now register for fall workouts at Germantown Indoor Swim Center (GISC) in Germantown or Lakewood Country Club (LCC) in Rockville using the buttons on our website (www.germantownmasters.org). GISC will begin September 7 and LCC will begin September 19 after some construction work is completed. Both sessions will end on December 23 as we are now planning to run GISC and LCC workout sessions in the same date range as much as possible. To be eligible for workouts at either pool, you must be a 2025 USMS member. Register...

We had a good turnout of 9 swimmers at this June 28th long course (meters) meet. 13 new team records were set. The oldest record broken was held by Lesley Evans since 1997. Here are the new records in individual events: Alice Ricci W25-29 100 and 200m back Amy Funk W35-39 800m free Lisa Chin W40-44 400 and 800m free Karl Wunderlich M60-64 50 and 200m free, 50 fly, 200 IM David Robinson M80-84 50 and 200m back, 200m breast And one new relay record was set: 200-239 Mixed 400m...

Luray Swim Fest results are in and GERM was well-represented. Conratulations to first place female overall finisher Lisa Chin, and second place male overall finisher Kempsey Clark. Lisa was first in the 800, 1600, and 2400m swims. Kempsey was second in the 800 and 2400m swims, and fourth in the 1600.

The results of this April meet finally became official. Here are the new team record setters. 500 yard Free W40-44 Lisa Chin 5:48.52 W50-54 Jenny Carswell 6:21.80 M80-84 David Robinson 8:57.40 1000 yard Free W25-29 Alice Ricci 12:50.55 W35-39 Amy Funk 13:11.70 W40-44 Lisa Chin 11:51.96 W50-54 Jenny Carswell 12:56.07 Women 25+ 800 yard Free Relay Chin, Ricci, Funk, Carswell 9:29.93

Eight GERM swimmers participated in either the 1 mile or 2 mile swim, or both. All eight finished in the top 3 in their age groups, with 7 finishes in the overall top 10. 1 MILE - WOMEN Lisa Chin 1st/1st in age group Jenny Carswell 4th/1st in age group Denise Dombay 3rd in age group Janet Witkoski 3rd in age group 1 MILE - MEN Bryan Rivera 1st/1st in age group Kempsey Clark 2nd/1st in age group Mark Young 10th/1st in age group 2 MILE - WOMEN Lisa Chin...

Don't let the sunny photos fool you. Very cold water, but everyone survived. Early May at Cunningham Falls State Park run by French Creek Racing.

GERM swimmers finished 3rd overall in this meet, with the women coming in 1st and the men 8th. We will post team records once the times become final, but it looks like 7 individual event records were set and 1 relay record in this short course yards meet. The accompanying photo includes Erica Bailey, Jenny Carswell, Amy Funk, Lisa Chin and Kempsey Clark.

GWU Swim Team helped us in a big way in November by providing timers for our SCM meet at Germantown Indoor Swim Center. Last month a group of GERM and Ancient Mariner swimmers attended a GMU meet in DC. Cathy Gainor, Carole Valis, Dorota Hassett, Denise Dombay, Lisa Yaw, Amy Cooley and Tom Denes are pictured, left to right.

The following GERM swimmers are in the 2024 Top Ten SCM national rankings, including two #1 times. Here's where you can find all Potomac Vally swimmers in the preliminary results: PRELIM TOP TEN 2024 This link takes you to individual results, but relay results are just a few clicks away. INDIVIDUAL EVENTS Kassandra Buff W18-24 400m free 6th Gina Miller W18-24 200m back 10th Alice Ricci W25-29 800m free 10th, 200m back 9th, 200m fly 4th Lisa Chin W40-44 400m free 3rd Jenny Carswell W50-54 200m fly 4th Jeanne Lappin...